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A Game Dev Used Retail Therapy to Navigate a Divorce, but Found a Long-Lost ‘Quake 4’ Expansion Instead
Gizmodo • • technology
Key Points:
- Quake 4, often overlooked in the Quake series, remains the last numbered entry, with its planned expansion, Quake 4: The Awakening, cancelled and largely unknown until recently.
- Artist Vitaliy Naymushin revealed models from The Awakening in 2017, sparking interest due to their resemblance to creatures in later id Software games like Doom Eternal.
- Veteran developer Justin Marshall discovered a functioning alpha copy of The Awakening on a vintage computer he purchased during his divorce, and has now released it publicly for those with the base game.
- Gameplay footage shows the expansion to be surprisingly complete, featuring detailed levels, placeholder voice acting, mech piloting, and speeder flying, though some elements feel dated and heavily inspired by military sci-fi tropes.
- Marshall, recently laid off due to changes in the industry, has made the find available to fans and is open to new creative work opportunities.
